Accession No

3995

Brief Description

half-plate tailboard camera, by Nadar, French, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

France; Paris; 53 Rue des Mathurins

Maker

Nadar

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1880

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

wood(mahogany); metal (brass); glass; hide (leather); plastic (ivorine)

Dimensions

length (closed) 102mm; height 250mm; breadth 177mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotherby's, London, England; ‘An Important Collection of Cameras, Optical Toys, Magic Lanterns and Related Materials’, lot 69, 2/6/1993

Inscription

‘OFFICE GENERAL
de PHOTOGRAPHIE
Nadar
FABT
53, Rue des MathurinS, PARIS.’ (ivorine plaque above lens)
‘12,764
Rectiligne No. 1
A.SCHAEFFNER
Paris’ (signed on lens)

Description Notes

Half-plate continental pattern tailboard camera. Mahogany box, brass Schaeffner Rectiligne No 1 lens. (Lens not original). Lens signed on reverse in pencil by one of the previous owners (?, 12-1-2000). Purple leather bellows. Hinged ground glass screen; pencil marking the extent of the frame. Knurled brass focusing knobs. Brass carrying handle. Ivorine plaque.

Condition fair; complete.

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